Diocese of Dourados
Diocese of Dourados | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Brazil |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Campo Grande |
Diocesan bishop | Henrique Aparecido De Lima CSsR |
Vicar General | Alberto Wiese |
founding | 1957 |
surface | 38,125 km² |
Parishes | 31 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Residents | 535,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics | 375,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
proportion of | 70.1% |
Diocesan priest | 19 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious priest | 40 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics per priest | 6,356 |
Permanent deacons | 11 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Friars | 64 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious sisters | 90 (31.12.2013 / AP2014 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Portuguese |
cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição |
address | Cúria Diocesana C.P. 493 Rua João Cândido Câmara 400-C 79804-970 Dourados, MS Brazil |
Website | http://www.diocesedourados.com.br/ |
The diocese of Dourados ( lat. : Dioecesis Auratopolitanus ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Dourados in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul .
history
The diocese of Dourados was on June 15, 1957 by Pope Pius XII. Erected from the cession of territory by the Corumbá diocese . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Campo Grande as a suffragan . On June 1, 2011, the Diocese of Dourados gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Naviraí .
Bishops of Dourados
- José de Aquino Pereira , 1958–1960, then Bishop of Presidente Prudente
- Carlos Schmitt OFM , 1960-1970
- Theodard Leitz OFM, 1970-1990
- Albert Först OCarm , 1990-2001
- Redovino Rizzardo CS , 2001-2015
- Henrique Aparecido De Lima CSsR , since 2015